The time Araceli went off to Rivain? She kept herself far from the Qunari settlement there, unwilling to risk it. The natives had prodded and poked, comfortable enough with spirit mages and a girl that could pass herself off as a slightly odd Antivan if she chose to but it had been a shadow looming over more than a few she'd spoken with. The mages who had come with her had been almost as afraid of the idea of them as the Templars that had slaughtered and tortured them.
"Likely you have been further than many have here before they ever joined the Inquisition. I get the feeling that this is not a world that lends itself to travel, or at least not so easily as elsewhere. Stories are a foundation for a great many things, they took me somewhere that allowed me to help in a way that was unexpected." It's an offer if he wants it, but if not she can drop it, she's learned far more than she thought she would already.
"The Inquisition was reeling after Haven's destruction but this is a terrible place for getting fresh supplies, especially goods that spoil easily. Magic can only do so much and not everyone can or will travel with mages and that adds to the burden and the expense, of course that in turn is passed on to all of us." A consequence of spending so much time in the markets and around the docks as she did growing up, as well as having a pirate for a father or living in a building of hungry people - she knows how much it costs to fill bellies and in Skyhold it must be staggering. Then there's the mounts, the hounds, clothing them, heating the place, the ravens, on and on and on it goes. The Inquisition has greater support than it had but up here in the mountains there are practicalities to be looked to beyond safety from their enemy. "People carry tales back from Skyhold, rarely do those in the Inquisition ascertain what those tales are for themselves so that they might be lived day by day. The mages have their freedom for the moment, what good is it doing them when they are here and not somewhere that they might be seen to be living the same as all other folk."
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"Likely you have been further than many have here before they ever joined the Inquisition. I get the feeling that this is not a world that lends itself to travel, or at least not so easily as elsewhere. Stories are a foundation for a great many things, they took me somewhere that allowed me to help in a way that was unexpected." It's an offer if he wants it, but if not she can drop it, she's learned far more than she thought she would already.
"The Inquisition was reeling after Haven's destruction but this is a terrible place for getting fresh supplies, especially goods that spoil easily. Magic can only do so much and not everyone can or will travel with mages and that adds to the burden and the expense, of course that in turn is passed on to all of us." A consequence of spending so much time in the markets and around the docks as she did growing up, as well as having a pirate for a father or living in a building of hungry people - she knows how much it costs to fill bellies and in Skyhold it must be staggering. Then there's the mounts, the hounds, clothing them, heating the place, the ravens, on and on and on it goes. The Inquisition has greater support than it had but up here in the mountains there are practicalities to be looked to beyond safety from their enemy. "People carry tales back from Skyhold, rarely do those in the Inquisition ascertain what those tales are for themselves so that they might be lived day by day. The mages have their freedom for the moment, what good is it doing them when they are here and not somewhere that they might be seen to be living the same as all other folk."